node-apiless-youtube-upload-nc/usage.ts

Upload videos to Youtube in Node.js without any Youtube API dependency by using Selenium.

import YoutubeUploader from './YoutubeUploader'

const main = async () => {
    const youtubeUploader = new YoutubeUploader()

    // Open a login window for Google account. Cookies will be stored in the youtubeUploader instance
    await youtubeUploader.promptLoginAndGetCookies()

    // Check if cookies are valid
    if (await youtubeUploader.checkCookiesValidity()) {
        // Upload a video to youtube
        await youtubeUploader.uploadVideo({
            videoPath: 'C:/Users/gladiatortoise/Desktop/testVideo.mp4',
            title: '📡 Automatically Uploaded Video 📡',
            description: 'This is a placeholder description.',
            thumbnailPath: 'C:/Users/gladiatortoise/Desktop/TestThumbnail.jpg',
            visibility: 'unlisted',
            monetization: false,
        })
    }

    // save cookies for later usage
    await youtubeUploader.saveCookiesToDisk(process.cwd() + '/cookies_saved.json')

    // later, cookies can be loaded like this so there's no need to repeatedly call promptLogin
    await youtubeUploader.loadCookiesFromDisk(process.cwd() + '/cookies_saved.json')
}

main().catch(console.error)